Climate change and alpine-adapted insects: modelling environmental envelopes of a grasshopper radiation

• Published in: Royal Society open science Vol. 9; no. 3; p. 211596
• Main Authors: Koot, Emily M., Morgan-Richards, Mary, Trewick, Steven A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 01.03.2022
• Subjects: alpine; biomod2; climate change; ecological niche modelling; Ecology, Conservation and Global Change Biology; ensemble modelling; fragmentation; FRAGSTATS; ecological niche modelling; biomod2; alpine; fragmentation; climate change; ensemble modelling

Mountains create steep environmental gradients that are sensitive barometers of climate change. We calibrated 10 statistical models to formulate ensemble ecological niche models for 12 predominantly alpine, flightless grasshopper species in Aotearoa New Zealand, using their current distributions and...